To amend the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act to expand the appropriations under the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to include the scale up of testing by veterinary and biotechnology company laboratories, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · September 4, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Coronavirus Testing Capacity Expansion Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to directly reimburse laboratories for certain tests and related services during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency and expands the categories of laboratories eligible for certain COVID-19 relief funding.
Specifically, veterinary and biotechnology company laboratories may receive federal COVID-19 funds for activities related to testing. Currently, this funding is limited to academic, commercial, public health, or hospital laboratories.
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